I've already selected the display technology. In my next blog on this topic, I will ponder the ways in which I might perform the spectrum analysis and extract the amplitudes of the various frequency bands.

But it's not all about me. (It should be, but it's not.) I know that many members of the EE Times community are working on all sorts of interesting projects. As just one example, we have EE Times blogger Adam Carlson (a.k.a. aeroengineer). Adam is a mechanical engineer, but his hobby is designing and building electronic communication and control systems. And to really mess with our minds, he works in the aerospace industry, but the electronic systems he builds are for use in submarines. (It's a funny old world, and no mistake.)

Our chat -- which is similar to using an instant messaging system but employs your web browser -- will commence at 1:00 p.m. ET (10:00 a.m. PT). You can work out your local time from these clues, or you can use this handy-dandy time zone converter.

All you have to do is click here at the appropriate time to join the fun and make your opinions known. (If you aren't already a member of the EE Times community, now would be a perfect time to register.)

I'm really looking forward to this chat, and I very much hope you'll be able to join me.

In the group I hung around with in Zim in my younger days (well it was Rhodesia then) the party trick was to say "Bulawayo" while burping - very uncouth but quite funny if everyone present has had the said few beers. (Bulawayo is Zim's second city.)

Now I'm in Australia, a nation which considers it un-Australian not to burp (whether drinking or not) I have tried to get my fellow Australians to try it using "Tumbarumba' which has the requisite 4 syllables. Success so far has been a bit mixed......

I'm interested in how to share projects. Some of the existing methods (Github for example) seem overly complex for the new user (IMHO). If anyone has some suggestions for better/easier sharing methods please attend the chat!